Joe Weider was born in Canada and has an estimated net worth of $50 million dollars. The man largely responsible for making working out and weight training popular, Joe Weider published the first issue of what would eventually become Muscle and Fitness Magazine, when he was 17. He also co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders and created the "Mr. and Ms. Olympia" contests.

Josef E. "Joe" Weider (born November 29, 1919) is co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) along with brother Ben Weider and creator of the Mr. Olympia, the Ms. Olympia, and the now-defunct Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests. He is the publisher of several bodybuilding and fitness-related magazines, most notably Muscle & Fitness, Flex, Men's Fitness and Shape, and is the manufacturer of a line of fitness equipment and fitness supplements.Weider was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Jewish parents. He published the first issue of Your Physique magazine in 1936 when he was 17 years old, and built a set of barbells out of car wheels and axles the same year. He designed numerous training courses beginning in the 1950s, including the Weider System of Bodybuilding.In the 1950s he met Betty Brosmer, who was then the highest paid pin-up girl in the U.S. Betty was herself a leading pioneer in women's health and fitness. In 1961 Joe and Betty married, and she began working alongside him as Betty Weider. Betty and Joe have together written books on bodybuilding. Joe, Betty and Ben are co-founders of the International Federation of BodyBuilders. In 1995, he appeared in the Charlton Heston and Peter Graves film, America: A Call to Greatness, directed by Warren Chaney.In 1953, Your Physique was renamed Muscle Builder magazine. The name changed again to Muscle & Fitness in 1980. Other magazines published by Weider's publishing empire include "Mr. America", "Muscle Power", Shape magazine, Fit Pregnancy, Men's Fitness, Living Fit, Prime Health and Fitness, Cooks, Senior Golfer, and Flex. Weider has written numerous books, including The Weider System of Bodybuilding (1981), and co-wrote the 2006 biography Brothers Of Iron with Ben Weider. In 1983, Weider was named "Publisher of the Year" by The Periodical and Book Association.In 2003, his publication company, Weider Publications, was sold to American Media.He created Weider Nutritio

Who could possibly be upset at amassing a $35 million fortune in their lifetime? Bodybuilding icon Joe Weider ... 'cause he should be worth WAYYYYY more than that. TMZ has obtained Weider's will -- filed with the court after he passed away in March at the ...

They wouldn’t have let me in at 101 pounds. I had to weigh at least 103 and get a waiver. I was drinking Joe Weider weight-gain and working out but he said all that before I was even an athlete. Kruse: My father was a marine, but he regaled me with ...

Joe Weider, who made millions from a fitness empire and mentored a young Austrian bodybuilder who went on to become a major movie star and governor of California, has died. Weider, 93, passed away Saturday of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles ...

Joe Weider, a self- made man who oversaw such publications as Muscle and Fitness, Shape and Men’s Fitness through his Weider Publicans died Saturday, March 23. The bodybuilding icon was 93. Weider was a rags to riches story, having escaped a rough ...